CHOCOLATE STOUT CAKE (WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING)
Makes 12 Servings
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs, room temperature
1 cup Irish Stout, room temperature
Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 13x9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
2. Beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, besting after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with stout, beating after each addition. Pour batter evenly into prepared pan.
3. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
4. Prepare cream cheese frosting and spread frosting over cake.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Ingredients
1 8oz package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
4 cups confectioner's sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 to 2 TBsp milk
Directions
Beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add enough milk to make frosting easy to spread.
Recipe courtesy of Irish Pub Cooking
Makes 12 Servings
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs, room temperature
1 cup Irish Stout, room temperature
Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows)
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 13x9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl; set aside.
2. Beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar with electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Add eggs one at a time, besting after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with stout, beating after each addition. Pour batter evenly into prepared pan.
3. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack.
4. Prepare cream cheese frosting and spread frosting over cake.
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Ingredients
1 8oz package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
4 cups confectioner's sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 to 2 TBsp milk
Directions
Beat cream cheese and butter with electric mixer until creamy. Gradually beat in sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add enough milk to make frosting easy to spread.
Recipe courtesy of Irish Pub Cooking
